Thanks for the review! I have a cheap detector that was picking up current in a wall that didn't make any sense and was looking at something more expensive to understand if these were false positives or not but it looks like this does that too. And no reading when earthed is scary. I think I'll keep searching... (you saved me wasting money on this at least)

@RMEonline

5 ай бұрын

Hi yes this is a problem I think this would work better on stud walls in new builds better than brick walls I was shocked how the more expensive one was not better.

Helpful review, Thank you.

Most of these cheaper models needs to calibrate first. That means you have to start in a part of the wall where you are relatively certain there is NOTHING behind the wall, and then slide it sideways towards the area where you think there is a stud, an electrical wire or metal. You seem to turn on the machine, and then place it DIRECTLY on top of the area where you know the electrical wire or stud is. It will then try to calibrate to neutral on top of the wire.

@RMEonline

4 ай бұрын

Hello as you would notice in the video this is not a cheap model at just under £100, no calibration is required as per the instructions in the manual other than placing your free hand on the wall to help detect live wires but as shown in the video this made the issue worse, cheaper models under £10 as I mentioned in the video did a better job in the past than this detector which doesn't seem to like sold walls at all I'm sure it would work better on stud walls in new builds but it's below oar performance for a near £100 detector, and yes some cheaper ones need calibration each time before using them but no calibration is required for this, so it failed the real world test.